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By relache


Why Cupcakes Are The Best!

Cupcakes are the best because they let you have that moment of cake, but on a personal level. You never feel like you ate too much with a cupcake, but a slice of cake can sometimes be overwhelming or too heavy.

Cupcakes don't care if you're into vanilla, chocolate or any possible combination of the two. Cupcakes are good both ways. If you have to feed a group, cupcakes make everyone feel like they got their fair share. With a cupcake, everyone can have a rose....

Depending on how you decorate them, cupcakes can go from casual to formal, from simple to elaborate, from kids birthday parties to weddings and gala balls.

To start off, I've included a vanilla cupcake, a special dairy-and-egg-free cupcake recipe and one for chocolate frosting. I'll periodically change them so you can share some of my favorites.


The cupcake is the ultimate Cake-For-One!

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Super Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients:

  • 1 3/4 cups cake flour, not self-rising

  • 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

  • 3/4 teaspoon salt

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch cubes

  • 4 large eggs

  • 1 cup whole milk

  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Start the oven pre-heating, setting it for 325 degrees.

Get your cupcake pans ready by lining them with paper liners.

Set-up your electric mixer with the paddle attachment. Use this to combine the flours, salt, sugar and baking powder, mixing on low speed. Then add the butter a few cubes at a time, and let it mix until the butter is just coated with the flour, then stop the mixer.

In a separate bowl, combine the vanilla extract, milk and eggs, whisking well. Turn mixer back on to medium and slowly pour in the wet ingredients. Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl as you pour this part in. Do not overbeat the batter.

Use a small ladle or measuring cup with a spout to fill the cupcake tins. Only fill each cupcake liner two-thirds or your cupcakes will rise to far when they bake and burn onto the pan.

The cupcakes should bake for approx 17-20 minutes. Halfway through baking, rotate the pan in the oven. Test cupcakes to see if they are done by sticking a toothpick down into the center of a few of them. You want to see the toothpick come out "clean" with no batter sticking to it.

This recipes makes about 30 cupcakes.

When the cupcakes are done, tip them out of their tins and let them finish cooling by sitting on a wire rack. DO NOT FROST CUPCAKES UNTIL THEY HAVE COOLED COMPLETELY. Otherwise, the frosting melts and drips right off the cupcake.

Serve cupcakes at room temperature. Store them covered in plastic or sealed in the refrigerator. Eat within three days for best texture and freshness.


An Easy Cupcake Trick - Use A Decorative Tip When Frosting

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Lots of little frosting squirts makes a spikey treat!
Lots of little frosting squirts makes a spikey treat!


Dairy and Egg-Free Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 C. all-purpose flour

  • 3/4 C. sugar

  • 1/4 C. cocoa powder

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • 1tsp baking soda

  • 1/2 tsp salt

  • 5 T. vegetable oil

  • 1 T. vinegar

  • 1 tsp. vanilla

  • 1 1/4 C. water

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a one-dozen-cupcake pan with liners.

In a large bowl, mix all of the dry ingredients together. Then add the vegetable oil, vanilla and water, mixing until the batter is one even color and has become smooth.

Pour or ladle batter evenly into cupcake cups and bake for 20 minutes. Cool on wire rack.

As an alternative to frosting, dust the tops of these cupcakes with powdered sugar!


Mini Cupcakes

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A complimentary dab of glittery sprinkles.
A complimentary dab of glittery sprinkles.

Save The Cupcake with the Cup-A-Cake!

Cupcake News


More Cute Cupcakes

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Cupcakes as pool balls
Cupcakes as pool balls

Luscious Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 C. butter

  • 2 1/2 C powdered sugar

  • 1/4 C unsweetened Dutch cocoa

  • 1/4 C whipping cream

  • 1 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate (1 square)

  • 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup

In a bowl, combine cocoa, powdered sugar and salt. Melt chocolate in a microwave or using a double boiler and then combine with whipping cream.

In an electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until creamy. Alternating pour in the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients, adding small amounts of each and scraping the sides of the bowl with a spatula.

When the wet and dry ingredients have been added, stop the mixer and stir in the corn syrup.

This recipe frosts approximately a dozen cupcakes.

Do You Love Cupcakes! - comments and feedback

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Eleanor Candy profile image

Eleanor Candy  says:
2 weeks ago

I'm going to try this recipe. Always looking for cupcake recipes. Great hub.

Cailin Gallagher profile image

Cailin Gallagher  says:
2 months ago

Lovin your cupcake hub!

Tracy711 profile image

Tracy711  says:
2 months ago

Hi I'm a newbie and I loved your hub. I too love to bake and this was very interesting. I will try out some of your recipes. I was a cake decorator for awhile so I really enjoyed your beautiful decorating ideas. Great hub. thank you

MikeNV profile image

MikeNV  says:
2 months ago

Flour water sugar milk and eggs. The super comes from you!

Hendrika profile image

Hendrika  says:
2 months ago

WOW, definitely more elaborate than the ones my granddaughter and I bake! It is surprising how easy cupcakes actually are. We make every mistake in the book, because I let her do it all, and they still come out edible! Unbelievable.

deerinheadlights profile image

deerinheadlights  says:
3 months ago

Wow! So cute! I love all the great cupcake ideas. Thanks for sharing.

gr8archer45 profile image

gr8archer45  says:
7 months ago

oooh I just have to make cup cakes tmoro!!! I got this craving after going thru ur hub!! its scruptious by the way :D luv it!!

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Jesus_saves_us_7  says:
9 months ago

Thanks for the recipes. Can't wait to try dairy and egg free recipe.

Hee hee  says:
10 months ago

LOVE THE FROG CUPCAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Em Writes profile image

Em Writes  says:
12 months ago

Great hub, Relache! Adding to the "Recipe" folder in my HP bookmarks!

DominiqueGoh profile image

DominiqueGoh  says:
16 months ago

Nice Cupcakes ! Look superly yumy

debby28 profile image

debby28  says:
2 years ago

Have to make cupcakes to take to svool think I am going to try one of these ideas.

solarshingles profile image

solarshingles  says:
2 years ago

Wow, so very colorful, sweet and delicious! I simply cannot resist...

MarcNorris profile image

MarcNorris  says:
2 years ago

I love cupcakes so much. The icing would be the best part. I have been known to eat tubs of icing all by themselves... maybe I have said too much.

Great hub and good ideas. Thanks!

relache profile image

relache  says:
2 years ago

Making cupcakes saves me having to eat an entire cake myself as I can give some away to friends and just keep a few at home.

Whitney05 profile image

Whitney05  says:
2 years ago

Wow. Now I really want cupcakes. To me the icing makes the pastry. I will need to try your Luscious Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.

rogue nestling profile image

rogue nestling  says:
2 years ago

Sweet! Some great decorating ideas!

Passionate Baker  says:
2 years ago

Hi. Am very new around here, and am stumbling around! Love yr posts re cupcakes.

Marye Audet profile image

Marye Audet  says:
2 years ago

I like the frog one best..these are great!

relache profile image

relache  says:
2 years ago

I'm not the Seattle cupcake biz, just an appreciative fan!

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